Portable lavatory



Dec.'2, 1930. J HERNANDEZ 1,783,712

PORTABLE LAVATORY Filed July 8, 1929 \x INVENTOR.

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I which easily may be folded into a Patented Dec. 2, 1930 UNITED STATESJESUS G. HERNANDEZ, OI SEATTLE, WASHINGTON PORTABLE LAVA'IOBYApplication filed July 8,

My invention relatesto improvements in portable lavatories, and has foran object to provide a wash stand equipped with receptacles for thenecessary toilet accessories ortable package and as easily unfolded ansetup for use.

I attain this and other objects of my improvement with the deviceillustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 isan isometric perspective front elevation of my lavatory set up ready foruse and Fig. 2 is an isometric perspective of the lavator folded inpackage form.

Simi ar characters refer to similar parts throughout. Certain parts arebroken awa to show other parts hidden thereby.

With more particular reference to the designated parts A rectangularstand-top frame consists of side boards 3 and top (13 and is supportedon four legs 4, 6 preferably of angle bars the upper ends of which arefastened to side boards 3 by screws 7extended through holes in thecorners of frame 3 and engaged in registering tapped holes in legs 4.

Each of said legs consists of upper part 4 and lower part 6 overlappingand fastened to one of the corners of leg frame 5 by a screw a7 extendedthrough registering holes 0 in leg parts 4 and 6 and en aged in a tappedhole in one corner of sai leg frame. By preference a cross section ofthe members of leg frame 5 is angle-bar shape.

In an opening in stand top a3 flanged washbowl 3 is mounted. Thus thewash stand proper consists of top a3, side-board frame 3, spliced legs4, 6; 4, 6; 4, 6; 4, 6, and leg frame 5, fastened. together with screws7, a7.

Back board 9 is hinged at its lower edge to o the rear edge of the standtop with hinge 10 which allows the back board. freedom to swing forwardto overlie the stand top but stops movement on said hinge backward froma position at right angles to, the stand top. An extension of each sideedge of the back board at (19 is disposed at right angles thereto andforward thereof.

.Two back-board leaves 11, 11 are each provided with an extension of theinner edge thereof forward at right angles to the leaf 1929. Serial No.376,596.

at all. The forward edges of each pair of extensions a9, all are hingedat 12 to allow each of leaves 11 to swing to a position forward of theback board and oifset therefrom.

To the edge of each side of the stand top is hinged one of top leaves 13at hinge joint 14 adapted to allow said leaf to turn over to lie on topof the stand but not to permit it to swing downward out of parallelismwith the stand top. The front end,15 of each of leaves 13 is bent atright angles thereto to stand vertically upward when the leaf is parallel with the stand top. Each rear end a15 of leaves 13 is like end 15,similarly disposed and, parallel therewith. The outer ends of each pairof leaf ends 15, (115 have aligned holes therethrough the hole in end(115 being tapped. Towel rods 16, 16 have threaded ends a16, (116, andone of said rods is extended through said holes in each of said pairs ofleaf ends 15, a15 and the threaded end thereof is engaged in the tappedhole in leaf end (115.

The upper wire of the rear wall, of soap holder 17 is engaged in hingeeyes 18 in back board 9. This holder is free to turn upward in saldeyes. Lug (117 projects rearward from a lower rear corner of the soapholder to bear on the flanged rear edge of wash bowl 8. When in itsillustrated position lug a17 prevents back board 9 from swinging forwardon hinge 10. Yet the construction permits of I holder 17 swingingforward and upward on eyes 18 and when it is in this oscillated positionthe back board is freeto swing forward on its hinge.

Mirror 19 is fastened to back board 9. Toilet-article pockets 20, 20are'fastened to the front surfaces of leaves 11, 11. Drinking glasspockets 21, 21 are also fastened to said leaves 11. Pockets 22 and 23are. also fastened to said leaves.

When set up for use the stand provides suitable accommodation forlavatory purposes as shown in Fig. 1.

When desired the stand may be packed in smaller compass as shown in Fig.2. This is attained in the following manner: Screws 7 and said bowlwhile soap holder 17 occupies a place in the bowl ad acent its-rearwall.

Towel rods 16, 16 are then removed from arms 15, (116 by unscrewing themfrom arms (116 and withdrawing them from arms 15 When top leaves 13 areturned over to lie on top of back board 9 and arms 15, a15 to liealongside of the endboards 3 of the stand frame with the ends of saidarms projecting beyond the bottom edges of said boards 3 as shown in thepacked form in Fig. 2 where said stand frame is inverted showing thebottom of bowl 8 as uppermost. The eight leg parts are then packedaround the edges of the bowl and leg frame 5 is stowed on top of them asshown in Fig. 2. Towel rods 16 are then replaced in operative positionin arms 15, (115 and, by construction they are closely adjacent theedges of stand frame 3 and the upper web of leg frame 5, thus holdingthe folded and stowed parts of the lavatory in closely associated packedrelation. Tblius is made a package conveniently porta e.

Having thus disclosed my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

In a portable lavatory, the combination of a wash-stand top frame, awash-stand top fastened to said top frame having an openingtherethrough, a leg frame, four separably spliced legs reniovablyfastenable to said top frame, and to said leg'frame, a wash bowl mountedin said opening in said stand top, a back board hinged at its bottomedge to the rear edge of said stand top oscillatable only between aposition at right angles with the plane of said stand top to a positionoverlying the same, back-board leaves joined to each side edge of saidback board by forwardly offset hinges for oscillation only from aposition in the plane of said backboard to a position in front of,parallel with and offset from said back board, toilet-accessoriesholder: fastened to said back board and to said back board leaves,releasable means to retain said backboard in a position at right anglesto said stand top, leaves connected with hinges'to each side edge ofsaid stand top for oscillation only from a position in the plane of saidstand top to a position overlying the same, arms having aligned holestherethrough fastened to each end of each of said stand-top leavesprojected at right angles therefrom

